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Male-mediated gene flow in patrilocal primates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Schubert Grit, Stoneking Colin J, Arandjelovic Mimi, Boesch Christophe, Eckhardt Nadin, Hohmann Gottfried, Langergraber Kevin, Lukas Dieter, Vigilant Linda
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Many group-living species display strong sex biases in dispersal tendencies. However, gene flow mediated by apparently philopatric sex may still occur and potentially alters population structure. In our closest living evolutionary relatives, dispersal of adult males seems to be precluded by high levels of territoriality between males of different groups in chimpanzees, and has only been observed once...
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